{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/springwell-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Springwell Solar Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/springwell-solar-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Authorised development",
  "text": "In the District of North Kesteven and in the County of Lincolnshire a nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in sections 14 and 15 of the 2008 Act and associated development under section 115(1)(b) of the 2008 Act.\nThe nationally significant infrastructure project comprises one generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts comprising all or any of the work numbers in this Schedule or any part of any work number in this Schedule—\nWork No. 1 – a ground mounted solar photovoltaic generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of over 50 megawatts, including—\n(a) Solar PV modules fitted to mounting structures;\n(b) balance of solar system (BoSS) plant.\nand associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) of the 2008 Act comprising—\nWork No. 2 – works in connection with an onsite substation compound including—\n(a) Work No. 2A – substation works comprising—\n(i) substation (excluding the transformers forming part of the substation), switch room buildings and ancillary equipment including harmonic filters and reactive power units;\n(ii) main collector compound;\n(iii) control building housing offices, storage, welfare facilities, parking areas and access;\n(iv) workshop, store and ancillary structures; and\n(v) monitoring and control systems for this Work No. 2 and Work No. 1 housed within the control building in Work No. 2A(iii) or located separately in their own containers or control rooms.\n(b) Work No. 2B – up to seven transformers that form part of the substation for Work No. 2A and associated barriers required for fire safety and noise mitigation.\nWork No. 3 – works in connection with satellite collector compounds, including—\n(a) switch gear;\n(b) transformers; and\n(c) control buildings housing monitoring equipment, storage, securing and welfare facilities.\nWork No. 4 – an energy storage facility comprising a battery energy storage system compound including—\n(a) battery energy storage system (BESS) units each comprising an enclosure for BESS electro-chemical components and associated equipment, joined or close coupled to each other, mounted on a reinforced concrete foundation slab, compacted hardcore or concrete piles;\n(b) transformers and associated bunding;\n(c) inverters, switch gear, power conversion systems (PCS) and ancillary equipment;\n(d) containers or enclosures housing all or any of Work Nos. 4(a), (b) and (c) and ancillary equipment;\n(e) monitoring and control systems housed within the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 4(a) or (d) or located separately in its own container or enclosure;\n(f) heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems either housed on or within each of the containers or enclosures comprised in Work Nos. 4(a), (d) and (e), attached to the side or top of each of the containers or enclosures, or located separate to but near to each of the containers or enclosures;\n(g) fire safety infrastructure including water storage tanks and a shut-off valve for containment of fire water and hard standing to accommodate emergency vehicles;\n(h) containers or similar structures to house spare parts and materials required for the day to day operation of the BESS facility;\n(i) acoustic fencing; and\n(j) ancillary buildings including control room, office, welfare, storage, workshop and metering.\nWork No. 5 – works to lay high voltage electrical cables and access for the electrical cables, including—\n(a) works to lay electrical cables including 400 kilovolt cables connecting Work No. 2 into the National Grid Navenby Substation; and\n(b) laying down of internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footways, including the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure, signage and information boards.\nWork No. 6 – works to lay electrical cables up to 132 kilovolt connecting Work Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.\nWork No. 7 – temporary construction and decommissioning compounds in connection with Work Nos. 1 to 6 including—\n(a) Work No. 7A – up to three primary temporary construction and decommissioning areas—\n(i) areas of hardstanding;\n(ii) car parking;\n(iii) site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops;\n(iv) area to store materials and equipment;\n(v) storage and waste skips;\n(vi) area for download and turning;\n(vii) security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting;\n(viii) site drainage and waste management infrastructure (including sewerage); and\n(ix) electricity, water, waste water and telecommunications connections.\n(b) Work No. 7B – up to five secondary temporary construction and decommissioning areas—\n(i) areas of hardstanding;\n(ii) car parking;\n(iii) site and welfare offices, canteens and workshops;\n(iv) area to store materials and equipment;\n(v) storage and waste skips;\n(vi) area for download and turning;\n(vii) security infrastructure, including cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting;\n(viii) site drainage and waste management infrastructure (including sewerage); and\n(ix) electricity, water, waste water and telecommunications connections.\nWork No. 8 – works to facilitate access to Work Nos. 1 to 7 and 9 including—\n(a) creation of accesses from the public highway;\n(b) creation of visibility splays;\n(c) works to alter the layout of any street or highway;\n(d) works to widen and surface the streets; and\n(e) making and maintaining passing places.\nWork No. 9 – works to create, enhance and maintain green infrastructure and mitigation, including—\n(a) landscape and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement areas;\n(b) habitat creation and management, including earthworks, landscaping, means of enclosure, and the laying and construction of drainage infrastructure;\n(c) laying down of permissive paths, signage and information boards;\n(d) improvements to existing and laying down of new public rights of way, signage and information boards;\n(e) earth bund;\n(f) screening; and\n(g) community growing area.\nIn connection with and in addition to Work Nos. 1 to 9 further associated development within the Order limits including—\n(a) fencing, gates, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure;\n(b) bunds, embankments, trenching and swales;\n(c) works to the existing irrigation system and works to alter the position and extent of such irrigation system;\n(d) surface water drainage systems, storm water attenuation systems including storage basins, oil water separators, including channelling and culverting and works to existing drainage networks;\n(e) electrical, gas, water, foul water drainage and telecommunications infrastructure connections, diversions and works to, and works to alter the position of, such services and utilities connections;\n(f) works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses;\n(g) works for the provision of security and monitoring measures such as CCTV columns, security cabins, lighting columns and lighting, cameras, lightning protection masts and weather stations;\n(h) improvement, maintenance, repair and use of existing streets, private tracks and access roads;\n(i) laying down, maintenance and repair of new internal access tracks, ramps, means of access, footpaths, permissive paths, cycle routes and roads, crossings of drainage ditches and watercourses, including signage and information boards;\n(j) temporary footpath diversions and closures;\n(k) landscaping and biodiversity mitigation and enhancement measures including planting;\n(l) tunnelling, boring and drilling works;\n(m) earthworks, site establishments and preparation works including site clearance (including vegetation removal, demolition of existing buildings and structures); earthworks (including soil stripping and storage and site levelling) and excavations; the alteration of the position of services and utilities; and works for the protection of buildings and land;\n(n) other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance, operation or decommissioning of the authorised development,\nand further associated development comprising such other works or operations as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the authorised development but only within the Order limits and insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 30.4.2026, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/419/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:38.918571+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}